سورة الحاقة، الآية ٣٤
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ٣٤
walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Verse 34 of Surah Al-Haqqah (69:34), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 567 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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“Neither would he encourage others to feed the poor.”
nor did he encourage feeding the needy.
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskîn (the poor).1
[1] (V.69:34)
a) See the footnote of (V.2:83).
b) Narrated ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Amr رضي الله عنه: A man asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, "What sort of deeds (or what qualities) of Islâm are good?" The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied, "To feed (the poor) and greet those whom you know and those whom you do not know". (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.1, Hadith No.11).
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
And he did not urge (offering) food to the indigent.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
